"Did I drop it?" Refusing to pay, then insulted with "A beggar without even 2000 won..." during checkout
A story about a child who dropped bread at a bakery but tried to leave without paying has sparked controversy after the child's mother’s behavior was revealed.
On the 9th, a post titled "Do I have to pay for the bread my child knocked over?" was uploaded on an online community. The author, A, who recently visited a bakery, explained, "I was placing the bread I wanted to buy on a tray with tongs when a child who looked like a kindergartener was playing around and stepped backward, bumping into me." They added, "An unpackaged salt bread fell to the floor, and the child stepped on it."
A said, "The child's mother saw everything right in front of her, asked the child if they were okay, then told me, 'Sorry. The child seems fine, so you don’t need to worry,' and tried to leave."
When A told the child's mother, "You should clean up the bread you dropped and pay for it," the woman replied, "You dropped it yourself." A responded, "Didn't you see the child bump into me and cause the bread to fall?" but the woman retorted, "So are you saying the child should pay? You dropped what you were going to buy yourself, so why blame an innocent child?"
Seeing this, a bakery employee told the child's mother, "It seems you should make the payment," but the woman angrily said, "I saw that this person (A) dropped it, so why blame my child? The bread wasn’t what my child was going to buy, it was what this person was going to buy."
A said, "The employee looked uncomfortable and didn’t know what to do, so I told the child's mother, 'Just go ahead, I’ll consider it a donation and pay for it,'" adding, "Then the mother started yelling, saying, 'Do you know how well off I am? Who’s donating to whom?'" A continued, "When I said, 'If you have that much money, you can pay yourself,' the woman insulted me, calling me 'a beggar without even 2,000 won,' then paid for the bread and left the store."
Netizens who read the story responded with comments such as, "Because of people like that, it’s stressful to go out with kids," "I feel sorry for the child growing up under such a mother," "The child will learn bad behavior by watching. Definitely a troublesome parent," and "How much can bread cost anyway?"
Meanwhile, last month, a self-employed person shared their frustration about 'difficult customers' who knock on the door before a cafe opens, causing controversy. B, who runs a study cafe near a university, said, "We open at 1 p.m. to match the time when many students come. But there are always customers who come early and shake the door." They added, "I try to be understanding of elderly people or those with children, but sometimes people bring their kids and say things like, 'What if you catch a cold? Are you going to take responsibility? How can someone be so heartless?' I’m starting to develop a hatred for elderly people and mothers with kids."
In August last year, a post by C, who said they work at a pediatric clinic, went viral. C said, "A 2-year-old child came in with a fever, and the mother looked exhausted from watching the child all night." They continued, "After the child received an IV drip, the mother asked to deduct the remaining fluid from the treatment cost. The child had 300 ml of saline, and she wanted to deduct the 200 ml left in the IV." C added, "She was so unreasonable that I decided to treat the 500 ml cost of 1,300 won as free and sent them off. Sometimes moms like this come in, and it’s really frustrating."
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